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1-News-Head

A major expansion at Yokohama Tire.
A neighbor's garden hose draws the line at a trailer fire.
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ANCHOR=Keith

And a 5-year old wins an award for heroism.

Sports-Head

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#Headline
GRAPHIC=NONE

In sports, A preview of this weekends college football games in the area
the N-B-A camps opened today.
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VO-NAT ENG#

And in Charlotte Hornet point guard Mugsy Bogues walked out of training camp
we'll tell you why later in sports.
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WX-Head
TALENT=Robin
SS=None

Coming up a weekend forecast that not so chilly and a ten day outlook that
reads dry, dry, dry.
open
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Yokohama

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6 p.m.
WRITER=kmc
TAPE#97-60
GRAPHIC=Yokohama

The Yokohama Tire Plant in Salem is about to get a lot bigger.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@File;

Governor Allen landed a deal on his East Asian trade mission for a 28-
million- dollar expansion at what's now a truck tire plant.
The deal will enable Yokahama to begin manufacturing high- performance
radial tires for cars and R-V's.
Installing the new production line is expected to begin next July, and
finish by early 19-99.
The deal also means Salem will get a new Yokohama distribution center... and
an unspecified number of new jobs.
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Fire

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-58
GRAPHIC=Fire

A quick- thinking neighbor with a garden hose is being credited with helping
to save a trailer home from burning up this morning in Lynchburg.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Lynchburg

Firefighters were called to lot 209 at the Terry Court trailer park around
10:30.
The fire had started in the living room of the mobile home, but a nearby
resident using a hose kept it contained until crews could arrive.
The family renting the trailer had just left a half hour earlier.
Fire marshal John Jennings says an electrical short in a curling iron caught
a chair on fire.
The blaze then spread to the contents of the living room.
The rest of the trailer suffered smoke and water damage.
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Smyth-Foam

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=THa
TAPE#97-59
GRAPHIC=Chemical Fire

The cause of that massive chemical fire in Smyth County nearly two months
ago may never be determined.
Officials say the intensity of the fire is working against investigators.
As Teresa Hamilton reports-- the fire is raising other questions, as well.
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IN Q=It's hard
SUPER=03-Smyth Co./August 21; :00
SUPER=01-Wayne Osborne/Atkins Fire Chief; :20
SUPER=01-Charles Harrington/Emergency Services Coordinator; :45 QUICK!!
SUPER=@Woodrum; 1:02
SUPER=@Teresa1; 1:16
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OUT Q=NEWS 7.
(( It's hard to forget the cloud of smoke that hovered over Atkins for nearly
three days.
The intensity made it impossible to fight with water-- so fire crews had to
stand by for the better part of a day-- until 27- hundred gallons of a special
chemical foam arrived from Philadelphia.
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SOT
IN Q=We got
((WAYNE OSBORNE/ATKINS FIRE CHIEF: WE GOT THE TRUCKS SET WHERE WE WANTED THEM,
GOT WATER READY AND IT WAS JUST MINUTES AFTER THE FOAM STARTED HITTING THE FIRE
THAT WE COULD TELL THE DIFFERENCE IN IT. ))
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OUT Q=in it.

Within hours the blaze was basically out-- so why did-- volunteer fire
fighters have to wait so long?
The coordinator of Smyth County's emergency services says he could have
located 2- 300 gallons of foam but says it's impossible for volunteer fire
fighters to keep larger quantities.
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4:55:45
SOT
IN Q=It's not
((CHARLES HARRINGTON/SMYTH CO. DEPT. OF EMERGENCY SERVICES: IT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT WOULD GENERALLY BE STOCKPILED DUE TO THE EXPENSE, THE SHELF LIFE OF FOAM
AND THE FACT THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOAM FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF
FIRES. ))
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OUT Q=of fires.

The foam used, in this case, costs 15- dollars a gallon.
But with the large industrial growth taking place in Virginia--Delegate Chip
Woodrum of Roanoke, says it's worth looking into.
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SOT
IN Q=I think
((DEL. CHIP WOODRUM/D-ROANOKE: I CERTAINLY THINK THAT IF IT NEEDS A BUDGET
AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES OF THIS
MATERIAL, THEN I THINK THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL RESPOND VERY AFFIRMATIVELY. ))
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OUT Q=very affirmatively.
TAKE SU
It's an issue with no easy solution-- just like trying to determine-- what
caused the plastics warehouse to go up flames in the first place.
Teresa Hamilton, NEWS 7.))

Safety-Award

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=Six
WRITER=Dal
TAPE#97-62
GRAPHIC=None

A child is leading the way in driving safety in the Roanoke Valley.
Brandon Garrett received the Transportation Safety Award for Heroism today.
The kindergartner constantly encouraged his grandmother to wear her safety
belt.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

On June third, his efforts saved her life.
She was in a serious accident that took the life of the other driver.
Brandon Garrett says this is why he won the plaque.
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SOT 12:39:17
IN Q=cause i help
((BRANDON GARRETT: CAUSE I HELPED MY GRANNY SAVE HER LIFE.))
((MARY KING/DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES: IF THEIR CHILDREN ARE DOING SOMETHING
SAFE LIKE WEARING THEIR SAFETY BELTS AND THAT CHILD KEEPS ENCOURAGING THEM TO,
THEY CAN'T SAY NO BECAUSE IT SETS A BAD EXAMPLE.))
SUPER=07-Brandon Garrett; :00 QUICK
SUPER=01-Mary King/Division of Motor Vehicles; :09
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OUT Q=bad example
ANCHOR=KEITH
SS=NONE

Brandon says he always wears his safety belt.
He's the youngest recipient of the Transportation Safety Award.
Tease#1
HARD MUSIC UNDER
ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE

Still to come, someone in Central Virginia is trying to pass funny money,
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VO-NAT
and the American Lung Association is offering smokers in the Valley some free
help in kicking the habit,
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Free-Patch

The American Lung Association and Nicotrol are helping smokers kick the
habit.
The two have teamed up to give away 15-thousand nicotine patch kits
nationwide.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.;

The Roanoke office of the American Lung Association is distributing more
than 100 kits.
The kit includes a six- week supply of Nicotrol patches and the
association's behavior modification book.
Changing your behavior is important when trying to beat an addiction.
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SOT 10:04:13
IN Q=WE'RE HAVING OUR
((TONI FERGUSON/AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: WE'RE HAVING OUR FREEDOM FROM
SMOKING BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION CLINICS WHICH ARE EIGHT WEEK SESSIONS AND ARE IN
ROANOKE, LYNCHBURG AND DANVILLE. ALL THREE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING OCTOBER
14TH.))
SUPER=01-Toni Ferguson/American Lung Assoc.;
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OUT Q=STARTING OCTOBER 14TH
ANCHOR=KEITH
SS=HOLD

People receiving the kits must be 18 or older and smoke more than ten
cigarettes a day.

Counterfeit

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-66
GRAPHIC=NONE

Campbell County authorities are warning store owners to beware of a customer
spending one dollar bills that have been altered to look like a twenty.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Campbell Co.

On at least three separate occasions today, a man tried passing the bills at
convenience stores in Brookneal and along Route 501.
Police say the man cuts off the ends of a TWENTY dollar bill and glues them
onto a ONE dollar bill.
He then takes the damaged twenty to the bank to have it replaced.
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ANCHOR=Keith
SS=NONE

At least one unsuspecting clerk accepted a counterfeit twenty today.
The suspect quickly left two other stores when employees became suspicious.

Auctioneer

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=tte
TAPE#97-63
GRAPHIC=NONE

A tobacco auctioneer has reaped a fantasy land of sculpture just off a South
Boston highway.
Tina Tenret takes us there.
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SOT
IN Q=Bob Cage calls this land
SUPER=03-South Boston; :00
SUPER=01-Bob Cage/Artist; :32
SUPER=@Tina1; 1:46
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OUT Q=News7, South Boston))

Cage built this lake, this island, these sculptures.
He also plants his creations on an old tobacco field.
cover this bite
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SOT 17:44:49
IN Q=It's most of the time
((BOB CAGE/ARTIST: MOST OF THE STUFF CALLS FOR CREATIVE VIEWING. YOU MAY SEE
SOMETHING IN IT I REALLY DIDN'T INTEND WHEN I DID IT. IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU
BRING SOMETHING WITH YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE SOMETHING BACK.))
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OUT Q=something back

It all started in the seventies.
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SOT 17:42:40
IN Q=I was working
((I WAS WORKING IN THE ZIMBABWE TOBACCO MARKET AND MET A REALLY WONDERFUL
PRIEST OVER THERE WHO GAVE ME A BIG PIECE OF STONE AND SAID, "MAKE SOEMTHING,
MAN. I KNOW YOU CAN PAINT BUT MAKE SOMETHING.))
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OUT Q=make something

Just last night, Cage finished this trolley, which he says he would sell for
15-thousand-dollars.
He resurrects shoe metal, conveyor belts, even railroad tracks, then
transforms them with his vision.
He calls it frozen music full of rhythm.
Inspiration also comes from nature. Cage built this bridge for his goats --
he likes the intersection of animals and art.
Cage finds the money for materials by working as a tobacco auctioneer.
That too, he says, is a craft.
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SOT 17:50:30
IN Q=I try to do it as creatively
((I TRY TO DO IT AS CREATIVELY AS I CAN BECAUSE IF IT'S UNINTERESTING TO ME
CHANTING UP AND DOWN THE ROWS LIKE AN IDIOT, IT'S UNINTERESTING TO THE
BUYERS.))
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OUT Q=to the buyers

It's all about living intensely.
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SOT 17:50:23
IN Q=Find your passion
((FIND YOUR PASSION. I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT IT IS, BUT FIND IT. FIND WHAT
TURNS YOU ON. FIND WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD.))
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OUT Q=what makes you feel good

Art, according to Cage, is something you can't teach. He says he designs
these sculptures with his soul. Tina Tenret, News7, South Boston.))

Stocks

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6
WRITER=sly
TAPE#=None
GRAPHIC=NONE

On Wall Street today, the stock market finished the week on the rise.
TAKE DOW & NASDAQ PAGE
The DOW was up 11 points to finish the week at 8-thousand-39.
NASDAQ climbed 13 and a-half points for another record close.
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Dolan-Earley

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-70
GRAPHIC=Campaign 97

Their barbs were sharp... but some of their material's recycled.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Portsmouth/Last Night;

In their second debate, with one month left in the campaign, Mark Earley and
Bill Dolan each got one question for their opponent.
Earley brought up a whopping legal bill that Bill Dolan charged the
Commonwealth to prosecute a judge - -an issue Dolan faced in his LAST campaign
in 1993.
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SOT 08:14:35
IN Q=I'm proud
((BILL DOLAN/D-CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GEN.: I'M PROUD TO HAVE BEEN THE ONLY
PROSECUTOR IN VIRGINIA TO CONVICT A SITTING JUDGE. I'M PROUD OF THAT. AND
MARK, ABOUT THE BILL, GOOD LAWYERS COST MONEY. THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I OUGHT
TO BE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA.))
SOT 08:15:23
((SEN. MARK EARLEY/R-CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GEN.: WELL BILL, I APPRECIATE THE
FACT THAT GOOD LAWYERS COST MONEY, BUT THERE'S SOME LAWYERS WER CAN'T AFFORD,
AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN AFFORD YOU. THE FACT IS BILLING THE COMMONWEALTH
313-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ONE CASE, WHEN MANY COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEYS OFFICES
IN THE STATE-- IT'S MORE THAN THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET. AND IT WAS DISALLOWED. AND
YOU KEPT FIGHTING FOR THE MONEY.))
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SUPER=@Earley; :16
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OUT Q=for the money.
TALENT=Keith
SS=HOLD

Earley's got the edge on T-V.
The Republican ticket is running what's believed to be the first joint T-V
ad in Virginia history...and Earley's got his ten seconds of it.
Dolan's NOT running TV ads yet.

Environmental

ANCHOR=Keith
NEWSCAST=six
WRITER=tfl
TAPE#97-64
GRAPHIC=Ferrum

Ferrum College students are getting first hand experience in a new state of
the art science and technology facility.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Franklin Co

Ferrum dedicated this afternoon a nearly eight thousand square foot addition
to the college's main science building.
Future scientists study the water quality in Smith Mountain Lake and have
even located the source of the E-coli virus in the area's water.
The facility is equipped with an air quality lab, a water lab, and other
rooms to cultivativate more than young minds.
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SOT5:58:57:28
IN Q=Now we have
((ALLISON MCWHORTER/SENIOR:NOW WE HAVE A GREEN HOUSE INSTEAD OF STUDING PLANTS
IN A ROOM OR HAVING TO GO OUT SOMEWHERE OR VISIT A GREENHOUSE, WE HAVE IT HERE,
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE AS MANY FIELDTRIPS AND WE HAVE HANDS ON EXPERIENCE AND
A LOT OF EXPOSURE TO THINGS WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD BEFORE))
SUPER=01-Allison McWhorter/Senior
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OUT Q=had before
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VO-NAT

Every life science faculty member helped fund 700-thousand dollar expansion
with contributions to the project.
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Sports Tease

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#Tease
GRAPHIC=Roy

And coming up, We'll check in with the Friday Football Extra schedule the
Braves are going for a sweep in Houston.
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VO-NAT ENG#

And last night in the Big Apple the Cleveland Indians beat the Yankees to
tie their series at one game each.
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S-MLB

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#S7-
GRAPHIC=Yankees/Indians

Last night in the "Big Apple" the Cleveland Indians evened their American
League playoff series with the Yankees at one game each.
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VO-NAT ENG#
SUPER=03-New York, NY/FOX SPORTS; :

The game was close through four innings at Yankee Stadium.
After a 3 to 3 tie in the fourth, Tony Fernandez belts this two run double
scoring Sandy Alomar and Jim thome to give the Indians a 5 to 3 lead.
Cleveland put the icing on the cake SUPER=35-Cleveland/7/New York/5/;in
the fifth when Matt Williams takes this pitch deep for a two run homer to make
it 7 to 3 Cleveland and the Indians win it 7 to 5.
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SOT
IN Q="We're not...
((JOE TORRE/YANKEE MANAGER: ))
((MIKE HARGROVE/INDIANS MANAGER: ))
SUPER=01-Joe Torre/Yankee Manager; :00
SUPER=01-Mike Hargrove/Indians Manager; :09
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OUT Q=.....with that."
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ANCHOR=Roy
SS=Hold Logo

Game three is tomorrow in Cleveland.

S-Braves

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=MLB LOGO

Meantime, The Brooms will be out in Houston and San Francisco as those two
playoff series resume today.
SS=Braves/Astros

The Braves lead the Astros two games to none and right now the game is in
the 8-th inning and Atlanta leads Houston 3 to 1.
SS=Giants/Marlins

Tonight, the Marlins will be going for a sweep of the Giants in San
Francisco. Wilson alvarez will start for the giants and Alex Fernandez will
take the hill for the Marlins.

S-College

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE#FB97-1
GRAPHIC=UVA

The Virginia Cavaliers are back in Scott Stadium tomorrow for a noon date
with Wake Forest, a team they've beaten every year since 1983.
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VO-NAT eng#
SUPER=03-Charlottesville;:00

But the game is not a gimme for UVa, because so far this season, the Cavs
have beaten themselves in every way imaginable.
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SOT
IN Q="We got talent...
((ANTHONY POINDEXTER/UVA CAPTAIN:))
SUPER=01-Anthony Poindexter/UVa Captain; :00
RUNS=:14
OUT Q=...LONG SEASON."
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VO-NAT CON'T

Much of the blame for the Cavs' poor play has been directed at quarterback
Aaron Brooks.
But despite the boos, Brooks still has the support of head coach George
Welsh.
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SOT
IN Q="You don't want...
((AARON BROOKS/UVA QUARTERBACK:))
SUPER=01-Aaron Brooks/UVa Quarterback; :00
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=...BETTER WITH."
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VO-NAT CON'T
SUPER=03-Blacksburg/Last Saturday;

After beating Arkansas State 50-to-nothing last week, the 12th ranked Hokies
can't much better.
But they will have to be better tomorrow when they face Miami of Ohio for
homecoming.
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SOT
IN Q="We know that...
((KEION CARPENTER/VA. TECH SAFETY:))
SUPER=01-Keion Carpenter/Va. Tech Safety; :00
RUNS=:13
OUT Q=...FOR GRANTED."
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ANCHOR=Roy
SS=VMI
VMI is back home tomorrow looking for win number one against Georgia Southern
in a one o'clock kickoff.
SS=Ferrum

The Ferrum Panthers hope to win their second straight as they host Newport
News Apprentice.
SS=W&L

S-FFE

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Mike
TAPE=S7-14
GRAPHIC=FFE LOGO

It's week six and that means the high school football season is headed down
the backstretch.
Here are the Sweet 16 games Friday Football Extra will be tracking tonight.
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SOT
IN Q=FIRST AUDIO
RUNS=:29
OUT Q=...LOGO COMES FULL
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S-Rush

ANCHOR=Roy
NEWSCAST=6pm
WRITER=Roy
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=Roanoke Rush

The Roanoke Rush will celebrate a special night Saturday at Victory Stadium
when they take on Charleston in the Divisional championship.
The Rush will honor the Roanoke Express football team that played in the
American Football Association in 1982.
The late Garry Fallon was head coach of the team with Assistants Billy Miles
Junior and George "Kila" Miller.
Game time is 7-oclock.

S-NBA

The Philadelphia 76-ers will and new head coach Larry Brown opened their camp
in Chapel Hill.
Jerry Stackhouse and Eric Montross will return to the Dean Dome where they
played their college hoops.
And Rookie of the year Allen Iversion is ready to get started after a long
summer.
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SOT
IN Q=
((ALLEN IVERSON/SIXERS GUARD: ))
SUPER=01-Allen Iverson/Sixers Guard; :
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=.........to win."
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S-Bogues

Meantime, Dave Cowens and the Hornets were on the floor today in Fort Mills
South Carolina.
But a no show today was point guard Mugsy Bogues. Mugsy refused to have an
M-R-I test done on his sore knee. and after discussing the situation with Head
of Basketball Operations Bob Bass Bogues left camp.
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SOT
IN Q="We need him
((DAVE COWENS/HORNETS HEAD COACH: ))
SUPER=01-Dave Cowens/Hornet Head Coach; :
RUNS=:12
OUT Q=......Past history."
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